The Various Columns

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Showing posts with label American Hustle. Show all posts
Showing posts with label American Hustle. Show all posts
Sunday, July 26, 2020

Every Best Picture Nominee of the 2010's Ranked: #50-54

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Scene from American Hustle As 2019 reached its end, another decade of cinema had passed. It's amazing to think about how things hav...
Friday, January 26, 2018

Ranking the Most Nominated Oscar Films of the Past 10 Years

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Scene from The Shape of Water With this week presenting the Oscar nominations, it only seems right to continually nitpick every categor...
Thursday, August 25, 2016

Theory Thursday: "The Wolf of Wall Street" is the Most Influential Film of the Past 5 Years

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Scene from The Wolf of Wall Street Welcome to a weekly column called Theory Thursdays, which will be released every Thursday and discus...
Saturday, August 20, 2016

Ranking Amy Adams' 5 Oscar Nominated Roles

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Amy Adams in Arrival Today marks actress Amy Adams' 42nd birthday. Over the course of an impressive career, she has played everythi...
Thursday, May 26, 2016

Theory Thursday: "Joy" is Jennifer Lawrence's Best Performance

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Jennifer Lawrence Welcome to a weekly column called Theory Thursdays, which will be released every Thursday and discuss my "cont...
Monday, December 28, 2015

A Ranking of Every Film By David O. Russel

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David O. Russell With this past weekend's release of Joy , director David O. Russell once again returns with a film that establishe...
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Monday, November 30, 2015

Jennifer Lawrence to Work with David O. Russell Till He Dies

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Left to right: Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper in Joy There is a good chance that if you're into The Oscars as much as I am, y...
Thursday, August 20, 2015

My Top 10 Favorite Amy Adams Movies

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Amy Adams Today is Amy Adams' 41st birthday. While I try to remain objective to all performers, there are few that I have publicly ...
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Will David O. Russell Ever Win an Oscar?

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David O. Russell There are few people that are practically as synonymous nowadays with The Oscars as David O. Russell. Among the workin...
Saturday, August 15, 2015

Birthday Take: Jennifer Lawrence in "American Hustle" (2013)

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Jennifer Lawrence in American Hustle Welcome to The Birthday Take, a column dedicated to celebrating Oscar nominees and winners' b...
Monday, March 3, 2014

A Few Thoughts on the 86th Academy Award Winners

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*NOTE: This is not a recap or highlight of the ceremony. This is a discussion of the films that won isolated from the ceremony. There...
Thursday, February 27, 2014

My Official Oscar Votes for 2014

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With the Oscar ceremony this upcoming weekend, the time to see all of the Oscar nominees is dwindling down. For me, there are many notabl...
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Sunday, February 16, 2014

A Closer Look at the Best Original Screenplay Nominees

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Now that we have covered the acting fields, it is time to look at the constructs of what makes those performances pop. First up is the Be...
Saturday, February 15, 2014

A Closer Look at the Best Supporting Actress Nominees

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Continuing this year's sense of ragtag nominees in the supporting categories is the Best Supporting Actress category. Where the lead ...
Thursday, February 13, 2014

A Closer Look at the Best Supporting Actor Nominees

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Much like the Best Actor race, this year's Best Supporting Actor nominees feel like a broad mix of talents that each highlight a diff...
Wednesday, February 12, 2014

A Closer Look at the Best Actress Nominees

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Continuing our look at all of the top category nominees is a race that is probably the least certain of all of them: the Best Actress cat...
Tuesday, February 11, 2014

A Closer Look at the Best Actor Nominees

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One of the most difficult races at this year's ceremony to predict is going to be the Best Actor race. Along with a scandalous moment...
Monday, February 10, 2014

A Closer Look at the Best Director Nominees

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*Note: While I had previously publicized that I was covering all of the categories in a look at the Best Picture race , I have decided to...
Thursday, February 6, 2014

A Closer Look at the Best Picture Nominees

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Much like every other Academy Award enthusiast out there, there is great pride in reaching the point when the nominees go from being name...
Thursday, January 16, 2014

A Look at the Oscar Nominees of 2014 and the Many, Many Surprises

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This morning, the Oscar nominations were announced and there was more than a fair share of surprises. With plenty of snubs to go around,...